Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

What should we learn from this chapter?

• About the headline: In Hebrew; red blood is “dam” (dām), man is “Adam” (‘āḏām) made from red clay, and (red clay) earth is “Adama” (‘ăḏāmâ) all of which are written as “Blood, Man, and Earth” or “Blood, Sweat, and Tears”, which is the summary of the result of sin – The earth is cursed, man has to sweat to get anything to grow, and woman bears children in tears.
  
  • Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man (‘āḏām) of the dust (Lit: red clay) of the ground (‘ăḏāmâ), and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man (‘āḏām) became a living being.
  • Gen 4:10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s (red) blood (dām) cries out to Me from the (red) ground (‘ăḏāmâ).
  • Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the (red) blood (dām), and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the (red) blood (dām) that makes atonement for the soul.’

• Jewish thought concerning “time”:
  
  • History operates in various kinds of circles (cycles) like coils. For example:
    
    • Creation begins with a new heaven and a new earth. Creation ends with a new heaven and a new earth.
    • A clock in time runs in circles. Two circles begin a new day.
    • The calendar week begins with 1 and ends with 7 then starts over again.
    • In the book of Revelation, It takes six seals, six trumpets, and six bowls to complete the seven year tribulation which is completed with the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet, and the seventh bowl simultaneously in a 777 completion when Jesus returns with an earthquake, lightning, thunder, noises and the Ark of the Covenant is revealed in heaven.

• See: Concepts in Time: A Hebrew Perspective

Genesis 2

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished (on the 6th day).

• Science says mankind needs at least four basic elements to survive: Water, Air, Food, and Light:

	Jesus said:
Water	I am the Living Water
Air	I am the Breath of Life
Food	I am the Bread of Life
Light	I am the Light of the World
Conclusion: Science was right, men need Jesus to live.

Genesis 2:² And on the seventh day God (‘ĕlōhîm) ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

• The Pattern of completion: The number 7 is symbolic for perfection and completion.

Subject	Verse	Declaration	Timing	Work	Result	Rest
Creation	Gen 2:1	It is finished	Six Days	Creation	Man and earth created	Sabbath 7th day
Crucifixion	John 19:30	It is finished	Six Hours	Cross	Man recreated	Sleep (Death)
Christ Rules	Rev 10:7	It is finished	Six Thousand Years by 6th Angel	Reverse the Curse	Man and earth reinstated.	Millennium 7th thousandth year

Genesis 2:³ Then God (‘ĕlōhîm) blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God (‘ĕlōhîm) had created and made.

• God set the pattern for resting: Man needs to “reboot” one out of every seven days.
• God wasn’t tired, He was parenting a role model for man.

Genesis 2:⁴ This is the history (Lit. generations) of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord (YHWH, pronounced: Yĕhovah, spelled Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) made the earth and the heavens,

• THE LORD (Yᵊhōvâ)
  • YHWH is Yᵊhōvâ Strong’s H3068 and is translated as LORD in the Bible where LORD is in all upper case.
  • Note, Each letter of the ancient Hebrew alphabet began as a picture and a meaning for the picture, like hieroglyphics called pictographs:
  • The H means “BEHOLD”!
  • The W means “Nail or Peg”
  • The Y means “Hand”
  • Hebrew is read right to left
  • Together, the four letters are a sentence:
    “Behold! Nail! Behold! Hand!”
    
• GOD (‘ĕlōhîm)
  • ‘ĕlōhîm is plural. The pronoun is singular. The verb is singular.
    Summary: The Godhead is plural, (The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) they are all “One” sharing the same spiritual DNA having separate roles.
    • Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
    • The Hebrew word for “one” is ‘eḥāḏ Strong’s h259 a numeral from H258; properly, united.
    • Not only is the Godhead united in character and purpose but the Godhead is also the ONLY God.

Genesis 2:⁵ before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;

Genesis 2:⁶ BUT a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

• Having the earth watered by mist explains why man had never seen a Rainbow until after God flooded the earth. Until the flood there was no rain, only a mist. It is reasonable to believe an orb of ice circled the earth like a terrarium. Water cells were under the crust of the earth breaking open, hinting at a possible meteor breaking through the orb and crashing into the crust causing water to spew upwards and downwards.

Genesis 2:⁷ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) formed man of the dust (Lit. clay) of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (The Holy Spirit); and man became a living being.

• The first thing Adam saw when he opened his eyes was God (not the creation). After man sinned he began to focus on the creation of things instead of God.

• ► About the Breath (nᵊšāmâ) of Life (the Holy Spirit): The root meaning of breath (nāšam) is to pant, like a woman in labor.

• The Upper Room
  
  • John 20:^19-22 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”.
    
  • The only people receiving the Holy Spirit (the Breath of Life) were the people in the upper room. Thomas missed it. It wasn’t until Thomas returned that he received the Holy Spirit and was able to “see” God: Thomas was able to see who Jesus was; his Lord and his God. The Holy Spirit, the “Breath of Life” enables man to see God.
    
  • John 20:26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
    
• Thomas was able to “see” who Jesus was; his Lord and his God! Jesus is God. The Holy Spirit, the “Breath of Life” enables man to be spiritually alive instead of being spiritually dead.
  
  • The Breath of Inspiration: II Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (“breathed out by God”) (The Holy Spirit), and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction (training, discipline) in righteousness.

• At the moment God breathed His breath into Adam, Adam became “made” in God’s image.

Life in God’s Garden

• A rewind and retelling of creation from Gen 1:1 thru Gen 2:7

Genesis 2:⁸ The Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man (‘āḏām) whom He had formed.

• To be grammarily correct, it is the Garden “IN” Eden (not the Garden OF Eden).

• Whatever God creates, He also fills. God created man and filled him with His own breath. God created the garden, and filled it with man.

Genesis 2:⁹ And out of the ground the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

• Of the two trees: one brings life and the other death.

• One tree is a total dependence on God for one’s resources, like children who automatically depend on their parents.

• The other tree changes innocence into choices which demands laws. Unfortunately, men are not able to keep the law and therefore the tree is the curse of death for men
  • (Just a thought: Imagine this tree which brings the curse of death, being chopped down, sawed into beams, and made into a cross which Jesus died on to remove the curse of death and sin.)

• The Tree of Life is symbolic of Jesus:
  • Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the Desire (Jesus) comes, it is a Tree of Life.
  • Haggai 2:7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations (Jesus), and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

• The Tree of “Good and Evil”
  • Justice which demands a law.
  • “Good and Evil”: Remove the “o” in “Good”, add a “d” in “Evil” and what do you have?
    • A tree of choice “God or the Devil”. ~Barbara Grover

Genesis 2:¹⁰ Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.

Genesis 2:¹¹ The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:¹² And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. ¹³ The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴ The name of the third river is Hiddekel (Tigris); it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

The Tigris and Euphrates are recognized today. The other two, Pishon and Gihon are speculative.

• The Hebrew meaning of the name ‘Pishon’ comes from the old Hebrew root ‘P-O-SH’ {פ-ו-ש} which means ‘to jump’ or ‘to bounce’ and refers to the strong stream of the water.
  The second river’s name is  ‘Gihon’ which comes from the Hebrew root ‘G-Y-CH’ {ג-י-ח} which means ‘to gush’ – and as in the case of the first river ‘Pishon’ – refers to the state of the water.
  ~The Hebrew Meaning of the Rivers of the Garden of Eden https://www.hebrewversity.com/hebrew-meaning-rivers-garden-eden-part/

• There is an argument which says the Promised Land, given to Abraham’s descendants, is the area called The Garden of Eden. The borders of the Garden of Eden would look like this: Two verses confirm this. See Topic: Location of the Garden of Eden

• Accordingly, the four rivers would be The Euphrates, The Tigris, The Nile, and the Blue Nile.

Genesis 2:¹⁵ Then the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

• The “Tree of Life” symbolically, is Jesus.

Genesis 2:¹⁶ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

• Look! You have a banquet table of selections!

Genesis 2:¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die (be extinquished).”

• A “breath” created life and a “breath” can take it away.
  
• It took a tree to defeat the tree that defeated us.

• ie: It took a tree (the cross) to defeat the tree (of the knowledge of good and evil) that defeated us.

• Spiritual death is worse then physical death. Man died spiritually immediately when he ate of the tree. He dies physically slowly. When God breathed into man it was the Holy Spirit who gave “Life”.

Genesis 2:¹⁸ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable (a help meet) to him.

• A helper is someone to benefit him. A helper is not lower than him but given a different role.

• As flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone, a helper promotes and completes a man and gives him a future (children). In turn the man loves, protects, provides, and covers the woman. He will even lay down his life for her.

• It is said that a woman represents the spirit of a man, and the man represents the temporal body of a man.

• It is a woman who provides a future for a man in his children. Jesus was born of a woman, but not of a man.

Genesis 2:¹⁹ Out of the ground the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

• The name “Adam” means “Man”. Adam was made from the red clay of the earth. Man is compared to pottery in scripture.
• Because the clay is red, the man was called “A-dam” (Note: Esau was born red and because he ate red stew he was called “Edom” which is the same word as “Adom or Adam” Genesis 25:30).
• “Adam” comes from the Hebrew word “dam” which means “red wine or red blood”.
• “Adam” was made from the earth. The Hebrew word for earth is “Adama” (red clay).
• From “dam” to “Adam” to “Adama”.
• The life of Adam is in the dam.
  • Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’

Genesis 2:²⁰ So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Genesis 2:²¹ And the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.

• The first surgery on a man and man was anesthetized.

Genesis 2:²² Then the rib which the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) God (‘ĕlōhîm) had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

Genesis 2:²³ And Adam said:

“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

Genesis 2:²⁴ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

• In physics, to become “one flesh” is to become “entangled/superimposed/hyperlinked”.
  See: About Quantum Study Bible

Genesis 2:²⁵ And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

• Being naked without shame means they were innocent. Having shame is a sign of sin, and sin needs to be covered. Little ones do not know they are naked because they are innocent.